On the same day Rutgers football will play its first game of the season, it became official that its biggest game is a sellout.

The Rutgers-Penn State matchup Sept. 13 in Piscataway is a sellout, Rutgers announced Thursday. It is the earliest a game has sold out prior to a season since High Point Solutions Stadium was expanded to its current capacity of 52,454 in 2009.

"We are thrilled to announce our first preseason sellout of High Point Solutions Stadium for the Penn State game," Rutgers athletics director Julie Hermann said in a statement. "Our Rutgers supporters stepped up to paint our stadium scarlet and that's a first key to our Big Ten success."

Student tickets will be distributed on a single-game basis through the Scarlet Lottery for all 2014 home football games. The Scarlet Lottery will take place each week on the Monday and Tuesday before the game.

Season tickets for the 2014 season are also sold out as a record 30,927 purchased season tickets for Rutgers' first Big Ten season.

Small quantities of single-game tickets are still available for fans who want to attend the Michigan and Wisconsin games along with the remaining home games, including the home opener against Howard. Tickets are available by calling 1-866-445-GORU or visiting Scarletknights.com.

"We have a team from Pennsylvania coming to our house," Flood told fans in early May on the Big R Tour. "I've had a lot of questions about that game. This is what I would tell you: Make sure you've got a good seat."

"I think college football is at its best when it's regional, and they're our neighbor to the west and they're the Big Ten school in Pennsylvania," Flood said. "I think the fans are excited about it and I think they should be excited about it. To have that as the opener for the (conference) season, we've got a lot of work to do before that. We've got some really challenging games before that, but it's probably fitting that that's the Big Ten opener."